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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
family members and stakeholders. Wellthy launched nationwide in September 2015 as a private-pay, direct-to-consumer subscription service, with plans ranging in price from $100 a week for those who need help with finite projects to $200 a month for six-month View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Media: Courting the Cord-Cutters
bundle” and over-the-top (OTT) services. The skinny bundle is a response to customer concerns that cable packages are too expensive. The bundle had simply gotten too big; there were 250 channels, and the customer probably never watched... View Details
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First-Generation Students | MBA
packages for domestic and international students. Our need-based financial aid process incorporates a holistic look at student’s financial circumstances. Members of our Financial Aid team are available to assist students in navigating the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Business Firsthand in South Korea
expensive—one cake sells for the same price as a package of 12 original cakes. The biggest challenge was how to differentiate the new version. While interviewing consumers in Seoul about their snack preferences, the team gained insights... View Details
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
organizational affiliations, and social standing. Directors must be given strong incentives to focus on shareholder interests. Compensation arrangements for sports stars lack the features of executive pay arrangements in other ways as well. After an athlete's... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
efficient sorting and packing conveyor system, streamlining the rose grading and packaging process. Moreover, the greenhouses we visited were using technology to boost productivity through energy optimization and the color of lighting.... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
suggest that workers with higher rank should receive compensation packages more heavily weighted in equity. However, we observe the puzzle that many firms adopt an equality-in-equity strategy: they offer different cash salaries across all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
the company would wait for the test results. “We’ve always followed a ‘Do what’s right and take your lumps’ approach to business. We had to execute the recall.” READY TO GO: A stringent quality-process at the company’s packaging Plymouth,... View Details
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How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA | MBA
programs available to eligible students after graduation. Every financial aid package is different, but by using a combination of resources, you can meet the cost of our MBA program. We understand that an HBS MBA can be a significant... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Surveying Students’ Summer Plans
be part of GE just as it’s relocating its headquarters to Boston.” Graham Fairbairn (MBA 2018) Hometown: Sydney, Australia Destination: General Mills, Minneapolis “I come from a consumer packaged goods background and have had the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
recap by the authors follows each account, noting the important principles it illustrates. Exercises are also included to spur creative thinking. The Heart of Change is a helpful package of fresh ideas for those looking to break new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
governments often do, which is to throw money at entrepreneurs without creating an environment that is hospitable to entrepreneurship. You’ve written that government stimulus packages sometimes fail because they are directed by a “herd... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods Brandless, an online direct-to-consumer seller of upscale private-label consumer packaged goods, offered consumers a limited assortment of values-conscious products... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
additional features like a video interview with the author? An e-book can be a much richer and deeper experience than anything we've seen before." Students were also intrigued by the concept of dynamic pricing, or charging varying amounts based on how many... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age
Navigator 1.0 part of a whole package of Internet tools, it sidestepped the competition by offering its product as a stand-alone browser. By also distributing Navigator over the Web and using a new pricing model that essentially made it... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
- Student-Profile
Talia Gillis
to employees without legal representation, highlighted how difficulties in calculating social benefits, severance packages or assessing settlement offers created significant barriers for employees, rendering many legal protections futile.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
sales to Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol); Dristan and other cold and allergy-relief medicines; and drugs for asthma, hemorrhoids, and other ills. Canned and packaged goods brought in 11 percent, including such brands as Chef Boyardee... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
One MBA's Path to Boston Consulting Group
people. Lastly, I wanted to build out my consumer packaged goods knowledge that I began building while working at PepsiCo. Consulting felt like the right match but the question became which firm and why. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)... View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Is HBS Cutthroat or Collaborative?
team is eager to share with Smart’s management the product recommendations that we have created and packaged in a polished PowerPoint presentation. How did a formerly rag-tag group of unfamiliar individuals, consisting of a creative... View Details